I have a router I'm using just for the purpose of trying to get this camera to initialize since it has a 192.168.1.1 gateway address and reserves IPs from 168.1.100 onward so that it shouldn't have any conflicts or issues with the default 192.168.1.108 address. Nothing else is connected to the router other than my computer via WiFi. The camera is wired in.
So I put my new EmpireTech SDT8C842-8P-FA-APV-0280 2×1/1.8" CMOS 8MP 42x camera up on a mount and wired it up via POE. It powers up. The router sees it with a 192.168.1.108.
The IPConfig tool (running on Mac) sees it as initialized. I click on initialize and leave the IP address info the same, put in a username and password, uncheck the email section, uncheck the two boxes for auto checking updates and such, and then it shows the screen with "initialization in process", the camera details below that, and then a "finish" button at the bottom. After a few moments the "initialization in progress" at the top goes away, a little orange triangle for "network timeout" shows up next to the camera, and the camera starts cycling on and off like it's stuck in a reboot. The light turns off, then turns on, the camera moves a little bit and then rinse and repeat. Light goes out, then comes back on, moves around a bit. But it never initializes.
If I try to go to 192.168.1.108 nothing comes up. Why isn't the firmware just available out of the box? This initialization process always frustrates me. It's always a pain as it has been for the other four Dahua cameras and usually, for whatever, reason, if I do it a hundred times one time it will finally work. But so far no such luck on this expensive camera that I'd really like to use...
Thanks for any help if there is something I'm missing on this process.
So I put my new EmpireTech SDT8C842-8P-FA-APV-0280 2×1/1.8" CMOS 8MP 42x camera up on a mount and wired it up via POE. It powers up. The router sees it with a 192.168.1.108.
The IPConfig tool (running on Mac) sees it as initialized. I click on initialize and leave the IP address info the same, put in a username and password, uncheck the email section, uncheck the two boxes for auto checking updates and such, and then it shows the screen with "initialization in process", the camera details below that, and then a "finish" button at the bottom. After a few moments the "initialization in progress" at the top goes away, a little orange triangle for "network timeout" shows up next to the camera, and the camera starts cycling on and off like it's stuck in a reboot. The light turns off, then turns on, the camera moves a little bit and then rinse and repeat. Light goes out, then comes back on, moves around a bit. But it never initializes.
If I try to go to 192.168.1.108 nothing comes up. Why isn't the firmware just available out of the box? This initialization process always frustrates me. It's always a pain as it has been for the other four Dahua cameras and usually, for whatever, reason, if I do it a hundred times one time it will finally work. But so far no such luck on this expensive camera that I'd really like to use...
Thanks for any help if there is something I'm missing on this process.
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